Features suffrage wagon at the Long Island Museum
Podcast #4. If Elizabeth Cady Stanton had known in advance about the public reaction to the 1848 women’s rights convention, she might not have had the courage to set events in motion. But once over, she notes that conventions like the one in Seneca Falls happened all over New York State. Listen to Stanton herself…
Continue ReadingThe plot thickens as the town of Seneca Falls, New York prepares for its big celebration this weekend with Convention Days 2014 where the entire community will be decked out for the festivities. Meanwhile, here’s Podcast #3 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton collaborates with four other women to plan the convention and some of the participants…
Continue ReadingPodcast #2 of the “Trouble Brewing in Seneca Falls” audio series highlights the unrest and discontent stirring and how an invitation from Lucretia Mott to share tea one afternoon unleashed a shared frustration among a small group of women that resulted in action. We’re well served by hearing Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s own words. The Finger Lakes…
Continue ReadingBELOW: New video featuring the highlights of Seneca Falls, New York –the birthplace of the women’s rights movement in the United States. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61DCuey7U8U?list=UU9LTzpfNsj1KAKhKHZXNZ9g&w=560&h=315] BELOW: Video highlighting the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments read at the first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwMYoa1Uk3c&w=560&h=315] Follow the Suffrage Wagon that from…
Continue ReadingTwo important announcements from the “Cradle” of the women’s rights movement of the United States (upstate NY) represent a trend of bringing the past out of isolation and linking a rich cultural heritage to social issues relevant for our times. These initiatives include the Girl Ambassador program of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation in Fayetteville,…
Continue ReadingI did some baking recently and then put my feet up to watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” that many believe was set in Seneca Falls, NY. #1. #2. The resulting article was published this week in “New York History.” It highlights the town and its cottage industry, including the Frank Capra film and women’s rights…
Continue ReadingIt’s sufragist Edna Kearns‘ birthday on December 25th, as well as Seneca Falls convention heavyweight Martha Wright. Video to celebrate these December 25th birthdays. Edna Kearns (1882-1934) is cited as one of two suffragists of the month in December 2013 for the Long Island women’s suffrage site. #1. #2. Want to give a gift? Edna Kearns…
Continue Readingby Marguerite Kearns and Olivia Twine (as published in New York History) The federal government shutdown in Washington, DC may have dimmed the lights at the Elizabeth Cady Stanton house in Seneca Falls, NY, at the visitors’ center, Wesleyan Chapel, and other park site locations. But it didn’t deter our determination to continue on the…
Continue ReadingHome from the blogging tour of the “Cradle” of the women’s rights movement in the US in upstate New York! What an eye opener! It’s one thing to talk about the “Cradle” of the movement in the US, and yet another thing to see it for myself. I’m exhausted. I’m happy. I have enough material…
Continue ReadingVisit Seneca Falls, New York: Located in the “cradle” of the women’s rights movement in New York State. Seneca Falls is considered the historic gateway to the Finger Lakes. Seneca Falls was destination in 2013 “Cradle” blogging tour.” [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/91892720″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Link to Seneca Falls ad. Women’s Rights National Historic…
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